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Place a name upon the night One to set your heart alight And to make the darkness bright Paint the sky with stars.

Enya

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Enya
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: May 17
Composer
Film Score Composer
Pianist
Recording Artist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
Gaoth Dobhair
Eithne Ní Bhraonáin
Enya Brennan
Eithne Ni Bhraonain
Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin
Eithne Padraigin Ni Bhraonain
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Upon
Alight
Song
Bright
Night
Sky
Place
Paint
Heart
Darkness
Make
Name
Stars

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When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.
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I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs and I don't do my own shopping it's a security thing.
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The minuses of celebrity include having to live with security and the knowledge that you may be stalked.
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The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it's a bit false.
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It's very homely, this castle. It doesn't have huge ballrooms. I didn't want a cold, cavernous place.
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You know love is everything you say A whisper, a word Promises you give You feel it in the heartbeat of the day You know this is the way love is
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Singing in Gaelic is very, very natural to do. I think lends itself very much so to being sung.
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I told the record company I didn't feel the need to be at red-carpet events. I wanted a career. But I wanted to keep myself intact as a person.
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Music is like a mirror in front of you. You're exposing everything, but surely that's better than suppressing.
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The writing of a melody is an emotional moment success doesn't make it easy.
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I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music.
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I find it hard to work with other musicians because I know from experience that when they play, they play with their feeling, and that restricts me because I know I want to play in my own particular way.
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The ocean is a central image. It is the symbolism of a great journey.
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My first language is Gaelic.
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There's something about Celtic mythology which is deep in the soul, and I just think that somehow she has tapped right into it.
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I don't need a man in my life.
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I do a so-called trip into myself: I sit down at the piano and the melody might start to evolve from my playing or then I might start to sing it.
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Night has brought to those who sleep, only dreams they can not keep.
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